BELMONT — Shaker Regional School District School Board unanimously approved the appointment of Maria M. Dreyer as interim superintendent for one year.

Dreyer was selected from a list three people the board considered for the position.

Her contract calls for her to be paid $112,000, school officials said.

She comes to Belmont after her third year as assistant superintendent in the Mascenic Regional School District, which serves Greenville and New Ipswich

Previously, she worked as special education director at Prospect Mountain High School in Alton and in the Pemi-Baker School District and has also been a classroom teacher.

She also has been on the adjunct faculty of Rivier College in Nashua and Granite State College.

Dreyer has a bachelor's degree in communications disorders and a master's degree in special and elementary education from Suffolk University, and a certificate of advanced graduate studies from Plymouth State University. She holds certifications as a superintendent, principal and special education administrator.

Dreyer will relieve current interim Superintendent Tom Haley, who retiring.